Preschool center care quality effects on academic achievement: An instrumental variables analysis.

Auger, Anamarie; Farkas, George; Burchinal, Margaret; Duncan, Greg J.; Vandell, Deborah Lowe

doi:10.1037/a0037995

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“…Catalyzed by the empirical evidence that child care quality is an important input to children's cognitive and social-emotional development, providers and policymakers are under mounting pressure to adopt quality-enhancing policies and practices that increase child wellbeing and school readiness (Auger et al, 2014;Hill et al, 2002;Keys et al, 2013;NICHD & Duncan, 2003).…”

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The impact of quality rating and improvement systems on families’ child care choices and the supply of child care labor

Herbst

2018

Labour Economics

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) are increasingly deployed by states to monitor and improve the quality of non-parental child care settings. By making information on program quality accessible to the public, QRIS attempts to alter parental preferences for quality-related attributes and encourage competition between providers. This paper draws on a variety of datasets to empirically characterize the way in which families and providers respond to the enactment of QRIS. Specifically, it exploits the differential timing in states' QRIS roll-out to examine two sets of outcomes: (i) families' child care choices and maternal employment and (ii) the supply and compensation of child care labor. Estimates from difference-in-differences models reveal several noteworthy findings. First, although QRIS induces families to shift from parental to non-parental care, economically disadvantaged families are more likely to use informal care, while their advantaged counterparts are more likely to use formal care. Second, QRIS increases the supply of high-skilled labor, particularly within the center-based sector. Third, all but the most highly-skilled child care workers experience rising compensation levels but also greater turnover. Finally, states that administer a wage compensation program alongside their QRIS experience larger increases in child care supply and compensation as well as lower turnover rates than states operating a QRIS in isolation. Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E S JEL Classification:J13, J21, J22, J24, J3

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The impact of quality rating and improvement systems on families’ child care choices and the supply of child care labor

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2018

Labour Economics

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“…Other nonexperimental and quasiexperimental research has found small or no differences in children's outcomes based not only on structural measures of quality but also on process measures (Burchinal, 2010;Burchinal, Kainz, and Cai, 2011;Auger et al, 2014). An illustration of these findings is the evaluation of Boston's high-quality preschool program for four-year-olds, which was found to be effective in raising children's language, literacy, numeracy, and mathematics skills during the preschool year .…”

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Evaluation of Delaware Stars for Early Success: Final Report

Karoly¹,

Schwartz²,

Setodji³

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“…Process quality involves dimensions of the ECE settings that are harder to change, such as the type and richness of interactions between caregivers and children (Côté et al, 2013;Phillipsen et al, 1997). Although process quality is more challenging than structural quality to measure (Auger et al, 2014), research demonstrates process quality's importance for children's school readiness Mashburn, Pianta, et al, 2008;Ruzek et al, 2014). The majority of the research on ECE quality-specifically, caregiver-child interactions-and children's development comes from the preschool years (ages 3 to 5).…”

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Professional Development for the Early Care and Education Workforce in Shelby County, Tennessee

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Whitaker²,

Diamond³

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Preschool center care quality effects on academic achievement: An instrumental variables analysis.

Cited by 97 publications

References 44 publications

The impact of quality rating and improvement systems on families’ child care choices and the supply of child care labor

The impact of quality rating and improvement systems on families’ child care choices and the supply of child care labor

Evaluation of Delaware Stars for Early Success: Final Report

Professional Development for the Early Care and Education Workforce in Shelby County, Tennessee

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